London Labour Briefing no. 74

The brutal face of the Alliance in Tower Hamlets:

RACISTS!

Fifty years ago East Enders united to drive

fascists from our streets. Tower Hamlets has a

strong tradition of fighting racism and fascism. - Today, we need to draw on that strength.

During the past few weeks some 90 Bengali families

in bed and breakfast accommodation have received

Standard letters from the Housing Department, in

effect defining them as intentionally homeless and "announcing an intent to cease paying their bed and

breakfast accommodation bills.

©The Liberal Council claims to have 2 policy “consulting” and communicating with its consituents in more than one language.

—All the letters were sent out in English only. Many of the families only realised they were being evicted when the council stopped paying for their accommodation once their landlord received notice that payment would be ‘stopped and told the families they would have to get out.

Liberal Councillor Jeremy Shaw, Chair of the Housing {Sub-Commitie, has claimed o television that none ofthe families have lived in this country for very long.

This is simply not true. All the families have legal residency in this country; all have a history of residence in this country before ‘being placed in temporary accommodation by the Borough of Tower Hamlets — many have lived over twenty years in the UK!

Shaw's television lie was designed to reinforce the racist myth that families are “flooding” in from Bangladesh and immediately claiming Council accommodation.

‘©The Liberal Council argues that the families have accommodaton in Bangladesh. They claim that families were interviewed by Bengali-speaking officers to establish this.

—Evidence suggests that children in the families were questioned to “establish” that they could return to accommodation in Bangladesh.

The families’ files confirm the vast majority of the interviews were conducted by non-Bengali speaking officers. Over 1,000 homeless families in B&B speak Bengali (Shylet dialect) — at most two officers attached te the Homeless Persons Unit have this ski

‘©The Liberal Council claim passports were not asked for at interviews.

—One of the files of the families facing eviction contains a complete photocopy record of a Bengali and British passport. Another contains references to information from a

not attempting to harass white people who have lived out ‘Tomer Hamlets for a period of time. A letter has been sent the Commission for Racial Equality, asking them to take up this second major discriminatory attack on Black families,

It is up to all socialists to expose the racism of the Liberal Council, and to fight it in solidarity with the homeless families.

By Phil Maxwell Chief Whip, Tower Hamlets Labour Group

Tower Hamlets

cuts

embarrass Liberal leadership

By Jane Kehoe Bow & Poplar CLP

‘The Liberal Council has just made swingeing cuts in Tower Hamlets.

@Particularly hard _hit have been the Arts, The Half Moon Theatre's £70,000 grant has been completely axed: the Whitechapel Art Gallery's grant has been cut by 80% from £40,000 to. £5,000. Of 20 groups applying for funding, 16 were rejected; and these.cuts may have broken post-GLC abolition deals.

Of 40 community groups hit, by cuts in funding, 16 were Black or Black-orientated, including the Homeless’ Families Campaign and the Maternity Services Liaison ‘Scheme, which has 10 bi lingual health workers and saw its £72,000 application rejected,

The Liberals: justification is that only £2m_ was available for voluntary organisation funding. With £500,000 still to be allocated, some ‘organisations — such as the Docklands Forum and ‘Camerawork — have been told not to even bother

applying.

‘The Council's attitude has caused embarrassment 0 the Alliance nationally — on April 9th the local

Community Organisations Forum mounted @ 24-hour “wake for community services” outside David ‘Owen's house in the comfortable and luxury Narrow Street area.

The Liberals showed their true colours at the London Boroughs Grants Committee ‘on April 8th. “This year they voted down: Tried World Libeary: ‘© Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom: ‘@HalliCorpenter a

‘Labour Group resolution

‘© The Labour Group should act as 2 resource for the families threatened with eviction. The Group should support their campaign and not seek to “direct” or instruct them,

‘@ The Labour Group should campaign against the racist practices uncovered in the Homeless Persons Unit which have ‘been encouraged by Council policy. Initially this should mean informing as many people as possible of the practices.

‘@ The NCGL and CRE should be contacted in connection with the above.

‘© The seven neighbourhoods should be ssked to take the threatened families as an interim measure until the Council is forced to accept thew responsibilty for ther.

‘@ The Group should lisse with the families through the homeless families campaign

Jewish Council for Community Relations:

Africa Centre

@xwo Latin American magazines:

‘and many other requests

They voted for al these last year As the election approaches, the true party colours shine through.

London Labour Briefing No. 74 Apr 22nd-May 12th 1987 page 2

Election strategy

Forward with the left!

The Hewitt letter, the Washington fiasco, the NNEC onslaught on Black Sections: it's not surprising that recent opi nion polls show Labour losing support across the country.

But of all the areas polled, Labour has lost least support in London.

What price “the London effect" now, Patricia?

ln London Labour has lost nearly 7% of the electorate in the last few. months, since November; compared with lose of 13% in Wales. (the home torstory of the last three Party leaders} and 119 in Hat tersloy’s West Midlands

TR is now up to Labour Party members in CLPs to mount 2 fescue operation to improve Labour 's chances. by projec: ting. postive policies to the

In vast areas of London, the Tory party has been wiped cout: mainly because of the at facks on local government ‘attacks beyond just GLC abot. fion and rate capping.

"The Tary party is promising its supporters large scale privatisation, abolition of rates End introduction of 2 poll tax the establishment of non elected development corpora tions and the breaking up of LEA and the Boroughs. If these policies are carted out, jobs and services would be Wevastated and Tory sup

porters would be laughing ll the way to the banks. ‘CLPs will need to analy

By Narendra Makanji, Vice Chair, Labour Party Black Sections

the impact of these polices on each area and ensure that Such information is used to ‘good effect.

The Alliance, with three Mes" and controling | four Boroughs, are 2 serious political” challenge which Eanour needs to confront.

in Tower Hamlets, — the aliance won control trom 3 fight wing Labour Counct! and has proceded to carry out ‘even more right wing paticies. The recent eviction of nearly 100 ‘Bangladesh families on the grounds that they. are “ntentionally homeless” is ideatica! to Milingdon Counc Sending. a Black family to the Home Office in 2 tax! nearly

in years. ago:

Tower Hamiets has also cut grants to the Labour History Museum, Half Moon Theatre and forty other voluntary organisations. The Allance has closed faciities for pen: stoners, swimming and leisure faciities, advice for pregnant women and even laundrettes This is the reality of the Alliance in power:

However. Labour canny win. just by “eritcising the policies and the record of the Dpposition parties. Labour has to defend is record end put forward its. polices, Labour must proclaim ite objective of equality and. spell out wh this means in practice. Throughout London, Labour has led the way in

‘increasing the number of

Black people taking part in government

‘Cestablishing women's

"@ supporting the demands of lesbian and gay communities

‘@ combatting low pay:

‘eampaigrng with Wades vunionete in struggie.

Labour has also extended democracy by 2 seres of measures which have expiin fed the human and legat rights Of individuals and how these fights can be exercised. Just a Tew examples:

@take- Up" and “sign on

campaigns: ‘Selectors! registration campaigns: ‘@decentralisstion and

localisation of decision: making servicing:

‘@potce accountability

@opening of files and freedom of mntormation

The. general election cam ppaign should be based on Gon: ference policies and not on speeches and statements of MPs. This means that the Labour Party campaign should include the establishment of a Ministry of Women, positive action for race equality. les Bian and gay eghts, unilateral uclesr disarmament and the introduction of the statutory ‘minimum woe

Labour core

f poscis with the nieving

“Labour must ‘opponents ones in our midst

WALTHAM FOREST

Camden Police Committee

This system will not work

Tommy Shepherd wrote in the last issue of Briefing of the fiasco of March 11th, when Hackney police tried {0 set up a consultative com-

‘without first con sulting the Council.

He stated that Hackney Council still wishes to pursue the link between consultative arrangements ané the “electoral process

Wel, if Camden's experience

ing to g0 by. t's dif ficult 10 see how such a system ‘can ever work, given a police force that has mo restrainis on it

ibe accountable to anvone The so-called “favourable me” that were negotiated ‘sith the police in establishing Camden's consultative group, ‘and which were apparently the ‘envy of other boroughs, simply

can that a more than average number of 11 councillors were invited 10 take part in group ‘icetings. Big dea

This: has ed to right wing councillors, representatives. of ‘shite dominated tenants Sscociations, the ratepayers 2ssociation, and neighbourhood ‘watch groups consenting to collaborate with the police in the absence of black, women’s, 385 and lesbian groups who have felt the Tull’ brunt of police brutality against them and who refuse 10 take part,

With an increasing! paramilitary isle police force Sut of control and killing. at will, is clearly naive to think That cosy chats with them are poing to change their attitudes.

By Adrian States Vice Chair, Camden Police Sub-committee

Furthermore, even. if the police were accountable to the Community, that in itself would pot bring with it any transfor mation of the existing Sracture

that is blatantly anticvorking class,

How can it be possible 10 con tinve having meetings when 100

fr 50 selforganised groups in Camden reject participation? 1e'san insult for the right to say that given time and 3 litle per

Jon they will see the error of their ways and will Uhen take part, as if they're not capable of making up their own minds. Meetings In “the meantime. meetings

will continue to take place in iolation that ‘will attempt 0 discuss and solve the very sues that affect the oppressed in the boroush without them bein present

Bait the police must be really laughing at what is happenin as they ave getting away ‘mith sot fing the ‘terms. of policing in Camden. These. collaboration exercises are casting oer the police false veneer of local countabiity that is designed 10 Shift attention away from ising crime rates of racial avsaults, apes, musgings, domestic violence “and. burglaries rimes that are especially hinting the working cass

The Labour controlled coun cits blindly following a piece of Tors legislation by. complying with the hated Police” and Criminal Evidence Act, all at Ihe cost of Camden's own Police sub-commitiee, that has been weakened by communis groups quite rightly boycotting fas a fesule of the Councils decision to participate

Discussion

In addition, — the sub comminee's Cisil Rights Uniti Going work that is not being placed on sub-committee agen: fas but is being given to the con. sultative group for discussion

The police —aitend sub committee mectings. and. take fates of what is said Dut fuse Toanswer questions, following a dictat rom the Home Office that forbids them to do so) — all in an_attempr 10 avoid being Pinned’ down By. elected Coursllors

Soa council committee is systematically being. destroyed by a free-standing body that is answerable t0 no one — 4 cor Sultative group that condones is, own racist, sexist and” antl working class stance — with the connivance of the police and the Fight wing on Camden's Labour Group

Ws sital that. Briefing supporters show ‘solidarity ow the picket Tine and that-we let the

‘Know that plains

follaborate into the hands of the police fot the way 10 slop. thelr butchery

Forward with soxialism?

The politics of the Standard smears

Labour Party activists in Hillingdon have recently had a taste of gutter journalism from The Standard.

The target for the usual mix of abuse, distortion, and pure factual inaccuracy is the group fighting for _ soci policies in what The Standard. calls the “leafy lanes” of Hillingdon in

Welfare not warfare!

The debates which have taken place within Briefing fon the issue of local government finance over the last few editions have, to master the art of understatement, lacked the (literal) fire of the open warfare that has eruptas Waltham Forest over the same period of time.

Even before last year’s elections it was well understood that a large increase in the rate was inevitable.

In March the Council set 3 62% rate increase after two LGC ‘conferences, one to determine priorities of services, the other to decide fon which to implement

‘Over the months preceding this the press had been full oF ‘uesses at what the increase Would be." 70% was. the ‘estimated norm.

“The Chamber of Commerce began a campaign against the council” but things became

By John Wray Leyton CLP

(icicrous whoa move To “repatriate’” Chingford into Essex. was started and received phenomenal support especially in Leyton” and Walthamstow.

was sightly ironic, as Chingford Tones had run the ‘coureil between 1982 and 7286. was reminiscent of the so-called “Retreat from Moscow” that began after the 1945 general election. when the new Labour government established principles of Wweltare that wete taken for (granted by most working class people unti 1975,

‘Uke its predecessor of 40 years ago the self exile movement. was one based purely on the rich refusing 10 pay for the welfare of the less ‘well off.

Until eotly April the camoaign maintained such Secentncity. Then suddenly i was transformed by the

Frends of Weltham Forest who issued 2 leaflet caling Deople to the full counci meeting on April 9th to demonstrate in support of a Tory motion to reduce. th rate, even though the new ‘Jemands had already been

Far worse, though, was the leafiet's other content. It bsted ‘Counc’ Leader Nei! Gatrard's home address and phone number, blamed him Dersonally for the rate increas ‘and urged people to call oF ‘ist him to let um know what they thought of the new level of rates.

Abuse

What followed was an innumerable stream of death threats and other abuse, a fre bombing on Neil Gerrard's home the day after the Council mesting. and an extremely asty and vicious atmosphere In the borough

‘The most pertinent points to ance from the issue are as

follows

lt = clear that the new campaign is not to reduce the rates, otherwise it would have been’ timed. several months earlier, belore the decisions were made. It must therefore be seen purely as an attempt to undermine the Labour Party's support in the borough. particulary in Walthamstow, defore ‘general election

‘eit is essential to find out exsctly ‘who “Friends of Waltham Forest” are. They seem to be anonymous, but focal sources are looking not much further than the membership of Chingford Conservative Association 10 find them.

(Oi 9 62% rates increase is sufficient to ‘stir up such 3 Backlash of hysteria and open violence against 2 Labour council, whet could a Labour ‘overnment expect if sought radically 10. redistribute ‘economic power on a massive scale on 3. national and ‘ternational level?

By Steve Clare Hayes & Harlington CLP.

West London

This media witch-hunt steins from an article in the local press last November

Reg Taylor.tor many years Chair of Stending Orders at London Labour Party Con: ference, was quoted as saying at the formation of a Briefing ‘group, open to. all Party members, "is an attempt 10 take over the Labour Party in Hitingdon.” Taylor, @ former leftwinger turned | witch: hunter. was for many years National ‘Chair of the TGWU Broad Left.

Two members of Hayes and Harlington CLP also spoke 10 the local press and were Doth subsequently censured by the Goneral Committee. One has since resigned — ostensibly because he feels unable £0 Support Labour Party policy on lesbian and gay rights,

Former treasurer of Ux bridge CLP, Ms — Irene Sounders, attended. the in sugeral Briefing meeting and Compiled a ist of al those pre Sent iexcept for her daughter) She then wrate to the Leader of the Labout Group and pro. Spective parliamentary can Gidate for Hayes, Peter Fagan, Stating “we have beon taker over by an extreme. leftist group that is worse than Mil fant:’ Comrade Saunder's daughter ‘miitant supporter

‘As the focus of the latest at tack in The Standard, | have been condemned for wearing a Kent NUM T shat. 115 3310 that my record reads Ike 2 classic anthology of the

Toony left”. My sins include recruiting new members to the Labour Party, campaigning

TH RIGHARD ETETLEONN MAE ATCHISON.

The Standard, 8.4.87

‘against health cuts and. apar thei, being involved in-@ ma jor campaign in defence of Schoo! meals. workers in Hil ingdon, “supporting. a. unified Ireland, and generally backing the struggle of | women, blacks, lesbians, gays and the unemployed

‘Mast sections of the labour movement in Hillingdon Fecognise The Standard article for the trash it. The three oF four ex socialists who are pro: ‘mulgating the smear compaign have no real support im the Party. What_really worries them, however, 1 that the ideas of democratic socialism have anived in Hillingdon and have found an echo amongst ‘younger elements in the Party

Unable to argue their case politically, the right wing rump have instead resorted 10 smearing individuals through the Tory media: final conval sion belore being consigned to the dustbin of history!

‘London Labour Bring No. 74 Apr 22nd May 1th 1887 pose 3

The truth behind the media lies

saw Brent in the national oe

Timelight once again with Brent Fast CLP oP tour roses askoram were sanding for the ‘screening. of SoGGiiieranT pero chetalmnedimosbetse 10 Chait and Vice Chair Of the | Left wa righ: Rusell Profs (PPC, Lewisham Eas, Merim Day Panorates Srogramme so tbe mar ou or ln the Yea ag-an'baj amused al Educ Com, th | at Me Lig Yor te cera Shel

called “Brent Education "Tn? pope igdiided moto hard tet at is most devious" Homever within a few days — Hard Left Rules". ‘groups. Some will work in (and pretty efficient!) best! and at selected branch meetings.

“This followed the close at-‘chosls looting a the muue Of "The ewe tn deteme of the Non wes nominated for Ch

tention paid to Brent during the McGoldrick affair, par, on underachievement. Others got a lookin. Boch councillors Amory, Council Leader. ap-

Geularty from the Daily Mil «-., Gf'igc carrkihum acsass dtd way” The sim'maa to herscf rom. Rom” Andcron

ho acl the borough. Present shadowy, threatenit This behaviour has shocked

councit ‘and He cducation chy'have opposed the whew, “thought polite concept pet Som of rena Grovp leaders. | As the campaign against By Mee Ling Ne policies was put by past and becaine headteacher. wil not forward by Flee Sec he wel c pects mite | parted feemsibes: - Chair, Antreparthe

Present officers ofthe local have” complete contsol over Snippets of interviews, were procedure, this would hae <n! | fgeql authorities are Working Party

on pric igewasond Sere eee poner paniuarincioai NUT ender | discovering the power and Martyn Day

SN recognition. Neary all the hip —there must have teen | they have fo put pressure Chair, Finance Sub: ple of headteachers and a reasonable “profesor some irutt ithe Panorame Saheb air, Finance Subae be on {0 Committee

feted adviser a eee ay rd [eee All hese people are atthe top eres asin eee ett cle ew meets ac | ema Semen Seutle omacil

The last week in March By Colin Adams

of the educational establishment ‘oF unqualified the Ful blame, Africa. esse fn Brent and have most to lose Reactions to the programme _ Such behaviour by the leader | Last September, Joint Action products. being available on by challenging the satus quo. . K. were swift and angry. The BBC ship serves to reinforce previous | Against Apartheid was formed reasonable terms. They. are. all people who have Switchboard has apparently Criticism im these pages — that | and backed by the Anti- Local authorities could be a failed 10 see the need for change fexeived one of the highest level the Council is too much based | Apanheid Movement at a con- substantial lever in persuading thes have Failed to meet Ihe fof complaints in rocent years. on the council chamber and ts | ference in Lewisham with Shell to disinvest: eg: ILEA has ‘demands oF focal people, in par Most complaints have focussed run ia 2 bureaucratic manner. | representatives from 14 local fuel contracts with Shell worth jar he Black komm fon the total bias show — the The Labour Party, never mind | authorities. over E30m! ‘They eovered not only the | fhck ofan alternative viewpoint. the community at large. hat it~ | Joint Action inclodes.“"Many"may be concerned familiar ground of the ye For example, the film crew tle say in what cakes place authorities from up and down about the legalities of bayco- | MeGoldrick affair, bur also A spent a whole ‘day in a Brent “During the McGoldrick affair | the country, primarily concern- ting. However, a legal opinion,

Bren’s code of practice cover G] School. and two hours with the no attempt was made to | ed to ensure that their pension obtained by. Lewisham” from ing appoitiments, and the new headteacher who really supports mobilise is supporters amongst | funds are not directly or in- Lord Gifford QC, argues that Development Programme Ter Brent's policies. Not one second parents, and teachers and wider. | directly supporting apartheid. the Council has to deliver serRace Equality B of that footage was shown, [i does'not need a firm of PR | — The organisation is increasing vices within the "real" world Viewers sav unsiubstantiated consaliants t© tell councillors | in numbers, and inroads are be- and has to be accountable for is aveotunts of ieregularites at in ‘Other complaints referred to that their policies arenot setting | ing made into the trade union actions within this context ferviews which had Begun after Sine blatant” racism. shown through the <diviortion of the | movement. OF the 28 Labour Given an. international cam: Introduction of a procedure Throughout the” programme, media —itneedsto bedoneata | controlled pension fund —paign against Shell, the Coun designed 10 reduce the powers The HBC are contemplating an local’ level, in schools, on | authorities in Britain, 20 are Gls’ obligation is to take part on of patronage held by Heaus and answerback selon, 50 fence cslates, ele how members, with combined the basis of ‘promoting good Advisors, The local NUT leader- has the crticim been Many supporters of the | funds at our disposal of (1-8 race relations — if alternative

Ship had opposed i, just like the The Council responded by is- Council — including emplosees | billion products are available on ppointinent of adsisers 10 look suing a press releme contradic. im Key posts — are wortied that | Twenty British companies Feasonable terms.

At Face and gender isues across fing the Panorama story. and the dumping of Ron Anderson | have been spotlighted and work Several’ authorities. have

the curriculum in schools- As we then proceded to shoot sll in willinvolve not just a change in | has gone on to co-ordinate already started to broaden the

keep. hearing, they supported he (008 crsotncl but a change of | shareholder action and disinvest boycott through contracts com

the policies, but s {i May the Labour Group. at policy. This f= not to question | from those companies — (0 try pliance; and action taken so far

The Development Pro: Pye AGM. ‘Chairs and Niton’s commitment to. the | and continue the recent spate of has the potential 0 snowball In wramme for Race Equality A Vice Chairs of Committees. In- policies but the motives of those | company withdrawals rom to wider action

(DPRE) was set up in January order to democratie the process behind the manocus South Africa Action will be stronger if its Following pressure by the Home fs much av powible the local The opportunity cus with a | Lewisham Councithas viewed co-ordinated, Joint Action Office four years ago, Brent has ss Gosernment Committee de tocal by-election anda liksls | disinvestment as one pact of an Against Apartheid and. Local ‘many employees whose salaries . a procedure to want General Election 10 show that | overall campaign against apar- Authorities Action Against fare subsidised (75%) by the fle a ustings at which all ants iI stands by'its pobcies | theid, Major elements in our Apartheid will be playing @ ma.

Home Office through Section se, to declare st mobil campaign have Been the Coun- jor role in this campaign — and WV funding. The Council could Sroued the Gi's withdrawal from Barclays, we would encourage all local not sdentify what 180 of these Brent Council Leader, Merle ° sell tead to ret fand a decision 10 boycott ali authorities and trade unions 10 Matt were doing specifically for Amory E deus hae ine Weciow Shell products subject to other join ust

Multi-culturalism or socialism?

The debate over _the-

By Mike Marqusee

Cha ‘community's demand for state aid for Haringey Labour its independently-run Briefing

schools has been dogged } by confusion and smea

Church of England and Roman

Catholic Schools ssducation system Without exception, Here the tie between multi- It should go ‘without saying

Chasidie Jews send theif culturalism and socialism has that socialists oppose all private

Gilden to thelr own been —sMretched fo breaking cducation. We should also

Feligious schools, where a Pail oppose all steps to increase the What kind of education do our children want?

The debate has not deen fragmentation of the exis

Strict religious orthodoxy is helped by the racist intervention stale. system im a welter of democratic control. Huge _Uaditions present in our society —_disestablishment of the taught, the sexes aC of the National Secular Society, church or synagogue or mosque numbers of children will be within the state system. We — Christian sect are the only real separated from an carly age, a relic of paternalist and or temple dominated denied the type of education, should foster mother-tongue answers to the claims of Chasids community as a whole is conform. But equally, we the state system will be whittled — Churches. incorporation of cultural education will serve only ‘the

Pere ON acetate (und cekuratiea” ‘which’ preaches stripped of essential cements of , encompass the various cultural burden, andthe Tull cach separate community.

London Labour Briefing No. 74 Apr 22nd-May 12th 1987 page 4

NUT London leadership suspended and expelled

‘Another episode in the ; of the Executive, would be The national union leader [edge bnerppede) Ant By Mike Loosely final, ‘and allow no further ap- preferred to secure. deals with " ILTA General Secretary ‘peal to Annual Conference. The Labour local authorities as a ween the NUT’s national ar pone Faull was the decsion of Apel bulwark agains he imervention leadership and the Lon- (suspended again!) ‘th, a blatantly political one. of Baker. They relied on a Kindon leadership was, Hallpet wim many on nck og heen enacted at NUT head- farce of both ILEA and their te between a dangerously ml ‘union view: there might not be a quarters on Thursday ational umon {ant London aleship and a Labour government, and in any April 9h, ‘They realised that the fight “*moderate’” national leader case you don’t eff your condiwith only 3 votes against to whole of the ruling council of amongst its members, who have The national union saw its ficers and suspend five union members). Their crime with a leadership that fights for —_ly painful thorn in its side. Un-

others. was passing a motion and, ap- their interests. fortunately, their plan went K

for one year with a further ng unoically

cere Feajuest {0 call off the strike was the “wrong” decision. forcing Je frome OR Cat London has not seen eyet0- the officers 10 resort 10 the apoffice. ‘Under the rules, a national eye with the national view for peal. Also, they had made a

‘The story starts on December disciplinary panel met and Some time. It campaigned grave political error. They tried loth 1986, ‘when the ruling heard. the two whole days of vigorously against mt {0 discipline members for wag or Sc e Council of the London NUT evidence, It found the “defen: ACAS deals at Cow ‘2 campaign agains! the

atedto Ga tpon the National danis™. guilty, but reinstated Nottingham, These deals Baker legiation — at the very Cee oP ie Naeiay them immediately. For thee inking pay and condition: (lo moment. whea the national Bilton January 13th 1987 this was a great MctOry Toeninthc tiecof Conference: lake mndusirial action agsie! i | On May 7th the media, "The. Bill, ‘which ‘sets out. to aval policy “nother words, the ILTA of | Thatcher and the Labour By John McDonnell gees NO Ee ese Ue Yakiet OF oat ieee tes nemeray Cieeemeen | Sunn ees Cee Pahis mas then Belore Parke; fcers did not view at that way! s special Conference and in a union polly! Meanwbile er Sin od hermes WEA seat figs. wes tc bel ApS, cy derided Co appeal nese’ national ballot of the membcr- national union's campaign i, ax | HCUON tosis Om, guage =e oe Grane want covirke. It prefer” the “punishments Shp ILTA hed erganised effec. sual, too hile, too la the standing of the parties nue and WEA will be faved ted lobbies and leering Fan ere inc fret time we publexagsiet ihe deals These Ia’ are not dead: | with the generalelection in next year with @ massive winter weather-imadriving D2, 490 sine lactate ap. the-nafional union had alteady just suspension wil not £0 | Council elections across stand firm | against any Srike “and 3,000 marched peal would be heard by the rest capitulated Bey eae ele oe aerTS vestened cuts im fobs and Services. 4

one local goverment elec *"I'3mm also standing on & plat

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